The CKLG survey
began appearing as a regular weekly feature in the
Vancouver Times beginning October 26, 1964, and
continued until the Times ceased publication in
mid-1965. Surveys were also distributed to retail
record outlets during much of this same period, and
although it is not known precisely when the first
distributed copies were issued, it is believed they
date back to mid-August 1964. But this is really
not known for sure. One rare survey, in typewritten
and mimeographed form, dated September 25, has
recently surfaced.

Numerous dating inconsistencies occur on the
surveys printed in the Times during the latter part
of 1964. Some surveys display " week of " dates;
others contain "week ending" dates; and some were
simply incorrectly dated when, in the typesetting
process, someone likely neglected to change the
date, leaving two consecutive weeks' surveys
identically dated. Additionally, store-distributed
surveys for a given week did not always display the
same date as their counterparts in the Times, as
the latter sometimes dated the survey according to
the issue date of the newspaper rather than the
CKLG's actual release date.

Because of the potential confusion created by these
dating errors, the surveys included on this site
have, for the most part, been dated according to
the actual week for which each was intended to be
in effect. The "Notes" section at the bottom of
each survey indicates how the originals of each
survey were actually dated in instances where an
inconsistency occurred.

It is believed that more of the early mimeographed
surveys for August and September, like the
September 25 issue mentioned above, may exist, and
we would appreciated hearing from anyone who may
have any of these.